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CIT (@CITorg) Announces New Solicitation for Commercialization Fund (pls help spread word)

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The solicitation targets research and commercialization performed by Virginia public and private universities, nonprofit research institutions, and young companies. Since 1985, CIT, a nonprofit corporation, has been Virginia’s primary driver of innovation and entrepreneurship. About the CRCF and R&T Roadmap.

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Rackspace’s CTO takes a broad view of sustainability

CIO Business Intelligence

Srini Koushik has been passionate about the environment for 35 years and now, as a board member of the nonprofit SustainableIT.org and CTO of cloud services provider Rackspace Technology, he wants to help enterprises achieve sustainability in the cloud. By choosing them, enterprises are almost adopting net zero by proxy,” Koushik says.

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The case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity

Vox

You’re probably not an evil ant-hater who steps on ants out of malice,” Stephen Hawking wrote, “but if you’re in charge of a hydroelectric green-energy project and there’s an anthill in the region to be flooded, too bad for the ants. Disclosure: MIRI is a nonprofit and I donated to its work in 2017-2019.). Even if the risk of an A.I.

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#BlackoutTuesday derailed #BlackLivesMatter. A community organizer explains how to do better.

Vox

the posting a black box on instagram has the same energy as tagging 10 friends on your story. Most newcomers, instead of respecting the firm community guidelines , “just wanted to lurk and scroll and roll, and make sarcastic, snarky comments,” she told me. stop posting black squares under the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag on Instagram.

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Facebook’s war against one of the internet’s worst conspiracy sites

Vox

Over the past year, Natural News links attracted more interactions on the platform than both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to findings from researchers at the nonprofit activist network Avaaz.

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